The Acting Director-General of the Cyber Security Authority, Dr. Albert Antwi-Boasiako, has received the Top 20 Tech Leaders Award at the 12th Ghana Information Technology & Telecom Awards (GITTA).

Prior to his appointment on October 1, 2021, he served as the National Cybersecurity Advisor and Head of the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) from July 2017 to September 2021.

He led the institutionalisation of Ghana’s cybersecurity development which progressed from 32.6% in 2017 to 86.69% in 2020, according to the ITU’s Global Cybersecurity Index (GCI), with Ghana ranked 3^rd in Africa and 43^rd globally.

In 2011, Dr. Antwi-Boasiako founded e-Crime Bureau, the first cybersecurity and digital forensics firm with a state-of-the art e-Crime Lab to be established and operated in West Africa. Since 2014, he has served as an expert with the Council of Europe’s Global Action on Cybercrime Extended (GLACY+) Project.

In June 2021, he was recognised as the world’s 20^th most Influential Security Executive in the Cybersecurity Category by IFSEC Global.

He currently serves on the Independent Advisory Committee (IAC) of the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism (GIFCT). He is a Bureau Member of the Cybercrime Convention Committee (T-CY) and is the government of Ghana’s representative on ECOWAS’ Regional Technical Committee (RTC) on Cybersecurity.

He is a Member of the Governing Boards of the National Information Technology Agency and the Cyber Security Authority.